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Business Objects, IBM, and others are putting together packages designed to take the bite out of costly BI. Cost and integration are a big problem for businesses, according to new InformationWeek research.

"Out in space there is this crazy thing spinning end to end that is as big as Pluto," said Mike Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology who discovered the object two years ago.

The goal is to push the ring in the center off the playing area. It's simple at first but more objects appear with each level.

The US Senate approved Tuesday by a vote of 60 to 38 a sweeping homeland security bill meant to shore up US defenses against future terror attack. But the measure faces a veto threat from US President George W. Bush, who objects to the bill's collective bargaining provision for airport screeners.

The HR-XML and OAGIS libraries will be packaged separately, but will be structured so enterprises wanting to leverage both libraries will be able to install them together. Other key features planned for the alignment are: Leveraging OAGIS Business Object Documents (BODs) for HR-XML message design; Implementation of the UN/CEFACT core components...